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Adam Desautels

@adamdesautels

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People partner and learning leader driving equitable, data-informed people operations.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a people-focused role where I can shape equitable, data-driven people operations, coach leaders, and scale learning programs in a collaborative organization.

I am a People Partner and organizational leader with 12+ years supporting employees, managers, and senior leaders across the full employee lifecycle. I focus on employee relations, manager coaching, onboarding, talent development, and performance management.

Data-driven and systems-oriented, I use people and performance data to identify trends, surface risks, and inform policy and process improvements. I have redesigned onboarding for thousands of employees and translated analytics into clear, actionable recommendations.

As a trusted resource, I conduct impartial investigations, mediate conflicts, and coach managers through difficult conversations and performance improvement plans while maintaining confidentiality and trust. I have led change management strategies to create equitable, scalable practices that measurably improved outcomes for underrepresented groups.

I am passionate about building modern, AI-enabled people operations and learning programs that create exceptional employee experiences, and I bring hands-on experience designing manager training, standards-alignment frameworks, and talent review practices adopted across organizations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Learning & Development Director

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Northshore School District

Jul 2018 - Present (7 years 8 months)

Served as primary HR partner for 120+ employees and managers, led onboarding for 1,200+ staff, conducted investigations and manager coaching, and used people data to drive policy and process improvements that increased on-time completion for underrepresented groups from 79% to 93%.

Employee Relations Onboarding Performance Management Change Management Investigation Learning Development

People Operations Manager

Issaquah School District

Jul 2014 - Jun 2018 (3 years 11 months)

Acted as talent partner supporting performance management and succession planning, developed tools and training adopted by 75% of teams, and designed manager training with 100% adoption to improve coaching and engagement.

Talent Management Succession Planning Excel Data Analysis Change Management

Learning Program Manager

Lake Washington School District

Aug 2012 - Jun 2014 (1 year 10 months)

Supported onboarding and role transitions, designed scalable systems to track performance outcomes, and partnered with stakeholders to achieve a 96% completion rate for program requirements.

Onboarding Program Management Performance Tracking Stakeholder Engagement Data Analysis

Learning Program Manager

Westwind Preparatory Academy

Jul 2009 - Jun 2012 (2 years 11 months)

Led onboarding, mentoring, and performance coaching initiatives, conducted skills gap analyses for 75% of learners and implemented interventions that produced 100% cohort completion and increased practice scores by 80%.

Mentoring Coaching Needs Analysis Implementation Change Management